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Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Scalia was smart and had a biting wit. The fact that he was good friends with Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should tell us something about him personally. Now if I were Obama, I would fulfill my constitutional obligation by nominating a moderate just to date the Republicans to obstruct. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Glad to see I was wrong about Space Oddity. I really figure that was going to be just for NYC since it didn't come out at the beginning of the tour.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Thread
uncool2pillow replied to worldrecordplayer's topic in Someone Else's Song
I am a guitar god polytheist. My pantheon includes: Richard Thompson Bob Mould Eric Clapton Charlie Christian Django Reinhardt Nels Cline Buddy Guy Keith Richards Neil Young Jimi Hendrix and lots more Maybe more than in all of Hinduism. -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
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Wilco — 2/6/16, Brooklyn, NY (Kings Theatre) [Night 2 of 2]
uncool2pillow replied to unifiedtheory's topic in After The Show
I suspect they're doing it specifically for the NYC audience, but I hope you get to hear it. -
Invited some friends over for the game. At first, they said they probably couldn't make it. Last night, they said they would. House is a mess, wife's a bit pissed. Oh well, there will be IPAs, chili, and football. All will be well by 5:30 PM CST. Oh, and go BRONCOS!! Though I'd be happy for Jared Allen if the Panthers win.
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Wilco Kings Theater Brooklyn Night 1 2/5/16
uncool2pillow replied to remphish1's topic in After The Show
@Wilco retweeted Relix Magazine's article with one of the videos posted here embedded. Maybe it's time to reconsider the policy. -
Wilco Kings Theater Brooklyn Night 1 2/5/16
uncool2pillow replied to remphish1's topic in After The Show
Random enforcement of the rules is what makes this place exciting. -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Or Presidents Carter, Bush (43) and Obama. Are they predictive? No. Meaningless? Hell no. I am, of course, biased. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Trump did not fuck up his concession speech the way I hoped/believed he could. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
I think most anyone who doesn't currently support Clinton doesn't want to support Clinton. There will be exceptions. I suppose there's polling on this, but it just seems like Clinton is such a known quantity that her support isn't going to grow. -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
The thing about the Democratic Caucuses is that in each candidate, a candidate has to be "viable" to receive votes. That means if they don't have 15% of the room, then their supporters have to move to another candidate. I tend to think more O'Malley supporters will break for Sanders than for Clinton. O'Malley's numbers suggest that he won't be viable in most precincts. Could be good news for Sanders. The Republicans just vote on a ballot, no viability or anything. Trumps numbers seem to be back on the way up, but it will be interesting to see if people actually vote for him in the numbers h -
Does the Hamilton soundtrack count? It's brilliant! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Purple monkey tits. We'll talk more Monday night and Tuesday morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Bernie by a hair. Cruz, Trump, Rubio. Cruz and Trump will slowly fade, as will Sanders. I won't call Clinton v Rubio yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
I really enjoy this LP. Their 2nd one didn't do much for me and then I lost track of them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Like regurgitated rotten milk. (I'd forgotten about that contribution.)
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Too lazy to find a better thread to post this in and I apologize if it's been posted elsewhere. Nels Cline and Julian Lage on Mountain Stage http://www.npr.org/event/music/463034184/nels-cline-and-julian-lage-on-mountain-stage
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Right there with you. I've been home from work a lot this week so I've had time to go down the Bowie wormholes. From age 13, he was a favorite. Throughout all of high school, probably THE favorite. His music shaped so much of me. It was so weird to wake up to a text from a friend Monday morning. I'd spent much of the weekend listening to a TON of Bowie, after listen to Blackstar 3 or 4 times. I especially listened to some things I'd ignored for a long time (some, it turns out, for good reason). Then, boom, he's gone. Damn! Three things have made me really get weepy. https://pbs.twimg.com/
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Politics 2016 (election edition)
uncool2pillow replied to lost highway's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
The SOTU address was a big topic of conversation with my 10-year-old kids. Living in Iowa, we're inundated with all things political these days. As we discussed the president, the candidates, and other topics, I became more and more frustrated with the 2-party system. It's not going away but it's so damn destructive. The more entrenched our society becomes in media (traditional and social) the more the parties turn every issue into a win/lose contest. Why compromise when that's harder to frame as win? -
I tried to find a youtube clip of an interview in '87. I remember watching it at the time. He pretty much admitted to it. The only quote I could find from the interview is unsourced, but I remember it like it was yesterday because my brother and I discussed it quite a bit. "I don't begrudge any artist for getting an audience. That's rubbish. I've never found that poverty meant purity." David Bowie Again, I don't mind the attempt to grow his audience. It brought me into the fold as an adolescent and helped expand my music beyond Men at Work, Billy Joel, and whatever else radio and MTV wer
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I agree. I went on a huge Bowie binge Friday night. I loved it. Listened to Blackstar about 3x as well as some of the stuff I don't listen to very much, including the very crappy Never Let Me Down. I am really struck by how Bowie created his swan song. The album, the Lazarus video, the guy knew exactly what he was doing.I'm guessing he was really holding on strongly to outlive the release of Blackstar. I never expected the outpouring of grief shown to him.
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One of the things that's always bugged me about the way Bowie is usually covered is the agreed upon assumption that his 80s sellout was awful. If it wasn't for his 80s sellout, I'm not sure I would've discovered him. If I didn't discover him, I'm not sure I would've discovered the Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop. Let's Dance is a good album. Tonight and Never Let Met Down are pretty awful, but if those albums drew others like me to dig further into his catalog, his influences, and those he influenced, then selling out was the best damn idea he ever had.
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Very cool! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Solo in Let's Dance, pretty sure he's on Cat People and a few others.